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Oscar Contenders From First Half of 2024 (So Far), From ‘Dune: Part Two’ to Zendaya


Oscars contenders from the first half of 2024 include "Challengers," "Dune Part Two," "Kinds of Kindness," "Fancy Dance," "Thelma" and more.

Image Credit: Moris Puccio/Sony Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection Writer-director Jeymes Samuel’s sophomore feature effort, following “The Harder They Fall,” showcases the talents of Doja Cat, Kodak Black, and Adekunle Gold with the foot-tapping song “Jeezu” in Sony Pictures’ “The Book of Clarence.” Image Credit: Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics I love “We Grown Now.” Writer-director Minhal Baig’s bold and beautiful story of two young boys who discover the joys and sorrows of growing up in a public housing complex in 1992 is a sensitive distant cousin to another Oscar-embraced fantasy-esque coming-of-age film, “Beasts of the Southern Wild.” Image Credit: See-Saw Films Director James Hawes’s British biopic tells the poignant true story of humanitarian Nicholas Winton, portrayed exquisitely by Anthony Hopkins, who recalls his efforts to save groups of Jewish children before World War II.

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